Yorkshire Post (28/Feb/1950) - The Cinema World

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• article: The Cinema World
• newspaper: Yorkshire Post (28/Feb/1950)
• keywords: Alfred Hitchcock, Cecil Parker, Helen Simpson, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding, Under Capricorn (1949)

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The Cinema World

"Under Capricorn" has the stars — and the Hitchcock touch

"Under Capricorn," at the Ritz Cinema, Leeds, the screen version of Helen Simpson's novel about life in Australia at the beginning of the last century, has all the qualities that make for great popular success.

It was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it stars Ingrid Bergman. Michael Wilding, and Joseph Cotten, and its supporting cast includes Cecil Parker. All play their parts with commendable competence, but it is Mr. Wilding who provides the surprise in the picture. As the young Irishman who finds his boyhood friend, Lady Henrietta, married to an ex-convict and seeking forgetfulness in the brandy bottle, his acting has an unexpected sensitiveness that places him above the rest. Helplessly drunk or, with the help of her friend, determinedly sober, Miss Bergman continues to make her charm appealing and effective. The celebrated Hitchcock touch Is evident in the skilful direction which keeps up the pace of the film and makes it tolerably gripping entertainment.

In support is "The Adventures of P.C. 49," in which Hugh Latimer light-heartedly plays the well-known B.B.C. character and rounds up a gang of warehouse bandits.